I just wait for something to present itself, and then I consider it.

At this point we've answered about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine, so we do this thing called Theatrical Jazz, where we do a show of bits and pieces of things from plays and literature, poetry... stuff that we like. It's fun.

The writers and producers always have an idea, then they cast the role and the instrument starts to tell them how to play the music.

I'm never going to retire. I'll die with my boots on.

They've got to deliver twenty-six episodes a season and they're not going to beat their heads up against a wall if they feel something didn't, like, pan out the way they had hoped.

The highest happiness is a by-product of worthy work well done.

The only other series I worked on a regular basis was Benson, and that was a sitcom, so there really wasn't a chance to go deeply into the characters.